Kenneth McFadden arrested in connection to murder of Virgil Brown

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KTHV) - Little Rock police are investigating the stabbing death of a man early Wednesday morning.

Just before 4 a.m. officers were driving in the area of 9000 block of Tedburn Circle when they were flagged down by someone who said a cutting just occurred at a home on that street.

Officers entered the home and found a black man lying on the floor in a back bedroom dead. The witness said the victim, identified as Virgil Brown, 56, and another man, Kenneth McFadden, had been fighting and the witness said he left the home to get help and the suspect left shortly after him.

The victim had cut wounds to the upper body.

Police say Kenneth Ray McFadden, 34, has been arrested and is in custody. He was arrested in North Little Rock this afternoon.